At the end of August, twelve young people started their professional future at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung and at FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research). They are spread over six different apprenticeships in the technical and administrative fields. During an introductory event, the trainees received valuable organizational information and had the opportunity to get to know each other. GSI and FAIR offer a unique working environment that combines highly complex…

With funding of four million euros as part of the ‘EU MSCA Doctoral Networks’, and additional funding of 600 000 euros through the Swiss State Secretary for Education, Research and Innovation SERI, the European research project ‘UPLIFT’ was recently launched, aiming to expand the perspectives of tumor therapy with an innovative approach. The project is led by GSI scientists Professor Christian Graeff and Dr. Lennart Volz. It brings together 15 leading ...

Professor Marco Durante, head of the Biophysics Research Department at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, was recently awarded the Ellen Gleditsch Prize by the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters. The award ceremony took place during the Academy's public conference on “Proton Therapy - Physics meets Medicine” in Oslo.

Hands-on science: Last Saturday, visitors from near and far flocked to Roßmarkt to find out more about research from Frankfurt and the surrounding area. The big event, put together by the Frankfurt Alliance, featured an exciting stage program and lots of activities. GSI/FAIR offered insights into the function of particle accelerators and their scientific work with two hands-on experiments.

This year, 31 students from 16 countries took part in the Summer Student Program at GSI and FAIR. They spent eight weeks on campus, got to know the experiments and research fields of GSI and FAIR and immersed themselves in the atmosphere of an international accelerator laboratory. The photo contest of the summer students gives insights.

This year's SPARC collaboration PhD Prize was awarded to Dr. Stephan Dickopf from the University of Heidelberg and the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics for his thesis entitled “High-precision Penning-trap measurements of the magnetic moments and hyperfine splitting in hydrogen-like beryllium-9”. The ceremony took place in the framework of the 21st SPARC Topical Workshop at the University of Münster, where the award was handed over by Professor Andrey Surzhykov of the…

District president Professor Dr. Jan Hilligardt and district vice-president Dr. Stefan Fuhrmann used an informational visit to the GSI/FAIR campus to learn about ongoing scientific research and the progress of the FAIR accelerator.

Science network makes its debut at upcoming science festival held on Frankfurt’s central Roßmarkt square, promising amazement, questions, discussions and exchange.

This year, the organizers of the “Rhine-Main Industrial Heritage Days” held their kick-off event at GSI/FAIR in Darmstadt. Interested persons also had the opportunity to get to know the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung and the future international accelerator center FAIR, which is currently being built at GSI, during a public tour. The “Industrial Heritage Days” are organized annually by KulturRegion FrankfurtRheinMain gGmbH, an association of more than 50 cities and…